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The rising sun highlights plants and trees at a wet pine savanna in southeastern Louisiana.

Sunset in Palm Beach Gardens, Fl

This photo titled "Lost" was shot and processed on my iPhone4s in 2012. I took a self portrait by using my Joby tripod and then created the final look with editing apps on my mobile device. I used the

This is my great-grandmother, the distinguished mother of the Wild Turkey Clan, of the Piscataway Conoy tribe of Maryland. I shot this during the state recognition ceremony at the Maryland State House

Do the clothes make the Indian? Does the reservation or the city make the Indian?

A vision of the past and the present: Tribal chairwoman of the Cedarville Band of Piscataway Indians, Natalie Standingontherock Proctor.
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Exploring the abandoned Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sleepy Hollow Beach 2. Taken with an iPhone 4s and lightly edited on the same phone using apps.

Sleepy Hollow Beach 1. Taken with an iPhone 4s and lightly edited on the same phone using apps.

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Exploring with my dad in CA

Canoeing with my mom in South Carolina

On the Beach in South Carolina

Canoeing In South Carolina

A child holding on tight to a merry-go-round in southeast Kansas.

11th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest

Blue Lotus - National Flower of Sri Lanka

Blue Lotus - National Flower of Sri Lanka

Sachinda Karunarathna

Alawwa, Sri Lanka

Member since 2014

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© Sachinda Karunarathna.
All rights reserved.

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mobile

Date Taken:

11.2011

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April 23, 2013, 3:07 a.m.

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Camera Model:

GT-I9000

Focal Length:

3.8mm

Shutter Speed:

1/82

Aperture:

f2.6

ISO:

ISO50

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